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BRITISH HONDURAS, 
in the neighbourhood of Corosal, where the climate very closely 
and of the fibre locally prepared from them. The specimens were 
labelled respectively “ Yaxci or Henequen verde (green henequen);” and 
“Sacci (Sacqui) or Henequen blanco (white henequen).” Both sorts 
were apparently varieties of Agave rigida, and referable to what is known 
at Kew as Agave rigida, var. elongata. The fibre prepared from these 
leaves arrived in a somewhat soiled and damp condition owing to the 
fact that it had been packed with the green leaves, which had fermented 
in transit. The report made on this fibre by Messrs. Ide and Christie, 
dated 17th December 1891, is nevertheless of a satisfactory character :— 
“We have been favoured with your note of the 15th instant with 
regard to the specimens of henequen fibre from British Honduras. We 
do not make much differ e i 
might be obtainable. As we have mentioned in previous communica- 
tions, colour is of importance in all so-called ‘ white hemps.’ Although 
up to the present only small lots of Bahamas Sisal have come to this 
market, the colour and preparation have, as a rule, been excellent, and 
producers in British Honduras should likewise give them every 
attention,” 
TRINIDAD. 
The following account of the introduction of Sisal Hemp plants to 
Trinidad is given in the Annual Report of the Superintendent of the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Trinidad, for the year, 1891, p. 14. 
“ Fibres.—Agave rigida, var. sisalana.—During the year we obtained 
from Messrs. Reasoner Bros., of Manatee, Florida, 10,000 bulbils of this 
Plant, and 2, from another source. Of this number, 7,700 have 
been distributed to various applicants. The remainder, deducting usual 
sent to the Convict Depét, are included in the above numbers. oe 
“The plants arrived in splendid order in the form of small bulbils, t.e., 
small plants without roots. They were placed in beds close together 
for convenience of culture, and as soon as properly rooted were trans- 
planted at a wider distance, where they have thriven remarkably well. 
WINDWARD ISLANDS. : : 
A good deal of interest has been shown by the Governor-in-Chief, 
Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, in the introduction of plants of Sisal 
ne © the Windward Islands, Le 
